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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><B><FONT SIZE="5">PETITION (Tax Deduction for Adoption
Expenses)</FONT></B></P>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER">TO THE HONOURABLE HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA IN PARLIAMENT
ASSEMBLED</P>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><B>WE THE UNDERSIGNED CITIZENS OF CANADA</B>, draw the
attention of the House to the following:</P>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><B>WHEREAS</B>, adoptive parents make a significant social
contribution to our society;</P>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><B>AND WHEREAS</B> adoptive parents often face significant
adoption-related costs, but out-of-pocket adoption expenses are not tax
deductible;</P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><B>THEREFORE </B>your petitioners pray that Parliament pass
Bill C-505, introduced by the Member of Parliament for Calgary Centre, in order
to provide a deduction of up to $7,000 for expenses related to the adoption of
a child.</P>
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<TD WIDTH="40">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="175" ALIGN="CENTER"><B><U>Signatures</U></B></TD>
<TD WIDTH="270" ALIGN="CENTER"><B><U>Addresses</U></B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="CENTER"><B><U>Phone</U></B></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="40">1.</TD>
<TD WIDTH="175">____________________</TD>
<TD WIDTH="270">_________________________________</TD>
<TD>____________________</TD>
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<TD WIDTH="40">2.</TD>
<TD WIDTH="175">____________________</TD>
<TD WIDTH="270">_________________________________</TD>
<TD>____________________</TD>
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<TD WIDTH="40">3.</TD>
<TD WIDTH="175">____________________</TD>
<TD WIDTH="270">_________________________________</TD>
<TD>____________________</TD>
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<TD WIDTH="40">4.</TD>
<TD WIDTH="175">____________________</TD>
<TD WIDTH="270">_________________________________</TD>
<TD>____________________</TD>
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<TD WIDTH="40">5.</TD>
<TD WIDTH="175">____________________</TD>
<TD WIDTH="270">_________________________________</TD>
<TD>____________________</TD>
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<TD WIDTH="40">6.</TD>
<TD WIDTH="175">____________________</TD>
<TD WIDTH="270">_________________________________</TD>
<TD>____________________</TD>
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<TD WIDTH="40">7.</TD>
<TD WIDTH="175">____________________</TD>
<TD WIDTH="270">_________________________________</TD>
<TD>____________________</TD>
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<TD WIDTH="40">8.</TD>
<TD WIDTH="175">____________________</TD>
<TD WIDTH="270">_________________________________</TD>
<TD>____________________</TD>
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<TD WIDTH="40">9.</TD>
<TD WIDTH="175">____________________</TD>
<TD WIDTH="270">_________________________________</TD>
<TD>____________________</TD>
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<TD WIDTH="40">10.</TD>
<TD WIDTH="175">____________________</TD>
<TD WIDTH="270">_________________________________</TD>
<TD>____________________</TD>
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<TR>
<TD WIDTH="40">11.</TD>
<TD WIDTH="175">____________________</TD>
<TD WIDTH="270">_________________________________</TD>
<TD>____________________</TD>
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<TD WIDTH="40">12.</TD>
<TD WIDTH="175">____________________</TD>
<TD WIDTH="270">_________________________________</TD>
<TD>____________________</TD>
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<TR>
<TD WIDTH="40">13.</TD>
<TD WIDTH="175">____________________</TD>
<TD WIDTH="270">_________________________________</TD>
<TD>____________________</TD>
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<TR>
<TD WIDTH="40">14.</TD>
<TD WIDTH="175">____________________</TD>
<TD WIDTH="270">_________________________________</TD>
<TD>____________________</TD>
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<TD WIDTH="40">15.</TD>
<TD WIDTH="175">____________________</TD>
<TD WIDTH="270">_________________________________</TD>
<TD>____________________</TD>
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<TR>
<TD WIDTH="40">16.</TD>
<TD WIDTH="175">____________________</TD>
<TD WIDTH="270">_________________________________</TD>
<TD>____________________</TD>
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<TR>
<TD WIDTH="40">17.</TD>
<TD WIDTH="175">____________________</TD>
<TD WIDTH="270">_________________________________</TD>
<TD>____________________</TD>
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<TR>
<TD WIDTH="40">18.</TD>
<TD WIDTH="175">____________________</TD>
<TD WIDTH="270">_________________________________</TD>
<TD>____________________</TD>
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<TD WIDTH="40">19.</TD>
<TD WIDTH="175">____________________</TD>
<TD WIDTH="270">_________________________________</TD>
<TD>____________________</TD>
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<TD WIDTH="40">20.</TD>
<TD WIDTH="175">____________________</TD>
<TD WIDTH="270">_________________________________</TD>
<TD>____________________</TD>
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<TD WIDTH="40">21.</TD>
<TD WIDTH="175">____________________</TD>
<TD WIDTH="270">_________________________________</TD>
<TD>____________________</TD>
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<TD WIDTH="40">22.</TD>
<TD WIDTH="175">____________________</TD>
<TD WIDTH="270">_________________________________</TD>
<TD>____________________</TD>
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<TD WIDTH="40">23.</TD>
<TD WIDTH="175">____________________</TD>
<TD WIDTH="270">_________________________________</TD>
<TD>____________________</TD>
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<TD WIDTH="40">24.</TD>
<TD WIDTH="175">____________________</TD>
<TD WIDTH="270">_________________________________</TD>
<TD>____________________</TD>
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<TD WIDTH="40">25.</TD>
<TD WIDTH="175">____________________</TD>
<TD WIDTH="270">_________________________________</TD>
<TD>____________________</TD>
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<TD WIDTH="40">26.</TD>
<TD WIDTH="175">____________________</TD>
<TD WIDTH="270">_________________________________</TD>
<TD>____________________</TD>
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<P><B><FONT SIZE="1">NOTE:</FONT></B><FONT SIZE="1"> Signatures and addresses
must be included (phone optional), and must be handwritten and originals,
only.</FONT></P>
<P>The petition must be free from erasures or interlineations.<BR>
The subject matter must be shown on each attached sheet of signatures and
addresses.</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER"><B><FONT SIZE="2">RETURN (POSTAGE FREE) TO: Your Member of
Parliament, or Eric Lowther, MP (Calgary Centre)</FONT></B></P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">House of Commons, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0A6</P>
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